1165 The three armed forces developed greatly
The so-called Plan B was Germany's operational plan to take off JU-118 bombers from the Crimean Peninsula and fly over half of the Black Sea and the Caucasus to bomb the Soviet-oil-producing areas of Baku.
In fact, there are two sets of plans, A and B, and Plan A is a safe one, after advancing the front to the area east of Stalingrad, and then bombing the Baku oil fields.
However, it is obvious that the conservatism of Plan A will greatly delay the course of the war, and this is obviously not the result that the German top brass wants to see.
Plan B may seem radical, but it can also destroy the oil-producing regions of the USSR in advance and disintegrate the USSR's war potential.
The implementation of Plan B required the cooperation of the Luftwaffe and the German Navy, with the Air Force assuming the responsibility for bombing and the Navy's carrier-based fighters taking part of the cover duty.
The specific implementation plan was for the Luftwaffe fighters to take off and escort the German bomber units across the Kerch Strait and avoid the bomber forces being affected by the interception of Soviet fighters near the Kerch Strait.
Subsequently, the German Navy will be responsible for the defense of the mid-range to ensure that the German bombers can safely cross the mid-range.
On the final leg of the flight, you can only rely on the bomber's own self-defense weapons to ensure your own safety - this is also the most dangerous part, and there will be many casualties.
It is precisely because of this that Führer Li Le is hesitant to move, not knowing whether to use the strategic bomber force he has accumulated.
It is important to know that the German strategic bomber JU-118 bomber unit is not a large-scale force built up by production.
In fact, one of the main reasons for the large number of German strategic bomber forces today is because of the achievements accumulated in the past half a year.
Compared with the total production of more than 10,000 B-17 strategic bombers in the United States during World War II, the German JU-118 only produced more than 1,000 in half a year.
Nowadays, the scale of about 1,000 aircraft can be maintained, mainly relying on the number of retained numbers that have been accumulated and retained by not performing high-risk missions as much as possible.
Therefore, Li Le was very reluctant to use hundreds of JU-118 strategic bombers to fight for an illusory result.
After all, in the course of the real World War II, the Allied bombing of the Romanian oil fields did not quickly show its effect.
Several bombings of Allied bomber units suffered heavy losses, but did not paralyze the Romanian oil fields of the German army, and Li Le, as a traverser, was also afraid of this kind of thing.
In the event that deviations in bombing accuracy and navigation did not make the German actions as they should be, then the German bomber losses would really be worthless losses.
"I need to think about it again......" Li Le hesitated, and finally did not give Goering an accurate message. He frowned and ended the meeting with Goering.
He really needs to think about it carefully, after all, this is not child's play, it may be a fiasco in the air and at sea.
On the one hand, in order to cover the air force, the German aircraft carrier fleet had to be as close to the eastern shore of the Black Sea as possible, which greatly increased the chances of the fleet facing danger.
If anything goes wrong with the Air Force's JU-118 bomber unit in the future, it will really be an adventure that will not outweigh the losses.
Because he has an early warning system such as radar, Li Le, as the head of Germany, is very worried that the Soviets have also deployed radar as a new weapon in the Caucasus.
"I hope you can get the Air Force to strike as soon as possible! End this war! Ge Linli saluted and said to the Führer, Li Le: "Victory! Monarch! ”
After all, Goering had a nickname called Goering, so Li Le did not pay attention to Goering's "guarantee" to end the war.
Seeing Goering walk out of the door, Li Le closed his eyes and rested his spirit. He had just processed 4 hours of paperwork on multiple facets.
For example, part of the document is a report on the progress of the construction of the Hindenburg-class aircraft carrier of the Navy.
The above news is very exciting, the first ship Hindenburg has been completed by about 70 percent, and after launching, it is expected to become the world's largest aircraft carrier at this stage.
And the sister ship of the USS Zeppelin, already named the Ludwig, is in the final outfitting process.
Considering that this is a state of war, it is possible that the service time of this aircraft carrier will be brought forward to around January 1942.
With the addition of this aircraft carrier, the number of aircraft carriers in the fleet of the German Navy can be increased to 5, which can be regarded as a very powerful maritime force.
At that time, the German Navy will be equipped with the Zeppelin, Ludwig, Ark Royal, Dreadnought, and Tejlios, which can carry 50, 50, 45, 45, and 33 carrier-based aircraft, respectively.
If well coordinated, the German Navy could use 223 carrier-based aircraft in the engagement zone in an all-out battle, which is not inferior to its American and Japanese counterparts.
If you add the modified anti-submarine aircraft carrier, the number of carrier-based aircraft can still be even more. If necessary, the number of aircraft that the German aircraft carrier fleet can take off, up to more than 300 units!
This figure is nearly twice the total strength of the US Navy's carrier-based aviation force, and is comparable to the number of carrier-based aircraft units of the Japanese Navy!
Other documents come from the Navy's reconnaissance aircraft program, which has been a long-time project to convert the JU-118 bomber into a reconnaissance aircraft that can provide early warning reconnaissance in the air as far as the middle of the Atlantic, and is very popular with the German Coast Guard.
There are also documents reporting on the experimental project of a new ocean-going submarine, and the German Navy is equipped with a teardrop-shaped conventionally powered submarine, which for the first time has achieved the speed of a human ship underwater, faster than the speed of the ship itself on the surface.
This fledgling submarine reached an astonishing 17 knots underwater, a speed that was a miracle of its time.
With such speed, this new submarine can even pursue the enemy's convoy of convoys underwater, instead of having to preset ambush positions for interception operations, as was the case before.
The huge speed means an increase in the combat radius, and it also means more opportunities to attack after the target is found.
This new weapon, codenamed XXI type submarine, was also regarded by Li Le as a weapon for future decisive battles.
Like the Raven Jet fighter, the German Navy and Army had their own new weapons, and the performance of these new weapons surpassed that of their contemporaries.
The only question that worries Li Le, the head of state, is when these new weapons, which have never appeared in history, will be mass-produced and equipped in the hands of front-line combat units to form a combat capability that can crush the enemy.